aka Sr. Mary Wilfred. All four daughters were nuns in Brooklyn, New York. Catherine was Mother Superior. Sr. Mary Wilfred (Catherine Ann) Kaney was born on June 10, 1858 in Sandusky, WI. Her parents, Patrick Kaney and Rose Croal were both born in Ireland. Catherine attended public school in Wisconsin. She entered the Sisters of Charity on Aug. 17, 1883 at the age of 26 and as Sr. Mary Wilfred made her first vows in Dec., 1885. Sr. Wilfred's first mission was St. Vincent's Hospital, NYC from 1884 to 1894. From 1894 to 1938 she was assigned as nurse/pharmacist to the Sisters and children at the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, Bronx, NY. When she became ill she was sent to be with her sister, Sr. Mechtilde, at St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. In 1940, after her sister's death (1939) she was transferred to St. Vincent's Hospital, NYC where she died March 31, 1941. Sister is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY.
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Joseph Kaney has received news of the death of his siter, Sister Mary Wilford, in New York City on March 31. She was the last of four sisters of Mr. Kaney, all of whom gave their lives to their church as Sisters. They only surviving memeber of the family is Mr. Kaney. Sister Mary Wilford spent her childhood at Sandusky, then took training at St. Vincent's on the Hudson, and eventualy became house physician at a school for girls in New York. She was buried in New York City.
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Joseph Kaney has received news of the death of his siter, Sister Mary Wilford, in New York City on March 31. She was the last of four sisters of Mr. Kaney, all of whom gave their lives to their church as Sisters. They only surviving memeber of the family is Mr. Kaney. Sister Mary Wilford spent her childhood at Sandusky, then took training at St. Vincent's on the Hudson, and eventualy became house physician at a school for girls in New York. She was buried in New York City.
aka Sr. Mary Wilfred. All four daughters were nuns in Brooklyn, New York. Catherine was Mother Superior. Sr. Mary Wilfred (Catherine Ann) Kaney was born on June 10, 1858 in Sandusky, WI. Her parents, Patrick Kaney and Rose Croal were both born in Ireland. Catherine attended public school in Wisconsin. She entered the Sisters of Charity on Aug. 17, 1883 at the age of 26 and as Sr. Mary Wilfred made her first vows in Dec., 1885. Sr. Wilfred's first mission was St. Vincent's Hospital, NYC from 1884 to 1894. From 1894 to 1938 she was assigned as nurse/pharmacist to the Sisters and children at the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, Bronx, NY. When she became ill she was sent to be with her sister, Sr. Mechtilde, at St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. In 1940, after her sister's death (1939) she was transferred to St. Vincent's Hospital, NYC where she died March 31, 1941. Sister is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY.
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Joseph Kaney has received news of the death of his siter, Sister Mary Wilford, in New York City on March 31. She was the last of four sisters of Mr. Kaney, all of whom gave their lives to their church as Sisters. They only surviving memeber of the family is Mr. Kaney. Sister Mary Wilford spent her childhood at Sandusky, then took training at St. Vincent's on the Hudson, and eventualy became house physician at a school for girls in New York. She was buried in New York City.
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Joseph Kaney has received news of the death of his siter, Sister Mary Wilford, in New York City on March 31. She was the last of four sisters of Mr. Kaney, all of whom gave their lives to their church as Sisters. They only surviving memeber of the family is Mr. Kaney. Sister Mary Wilford spent her childhood at Sandusky, then took training at St. Vincent's on the Hudson, and eventualy became house physician at a school for girls in New York. She was buried in New York City.
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